| Description |
xviii, 154 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Children's literature and culture |
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Children's literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Background -- Ch. 1. Elements of Apartheid: "Science," Theology, Government, and Extra-Constitutional Government (The Broederbond) -- Ch. 2. "Gatekeepers" and Literary Education -- Pt. 2. Novels about Contemporary South Africa -- Ch. 3. Civil Disobedience and Urban Conflict: The Apartheid Perspective -- Ch. 4. Runaways, Forced Removals, Population Control -- Ch. 5. The First Democratic Election: Right-Wing Fears in Post-Election Fiction -- Ch. 6. Interracial Friendships: Sacrificial Blacks, "Reformed" Whites -- Ch. 7. Interracial Romance: "Scientific" Racism Persists -- Ch. 8. Stories of the Supernatural: Misreading African Tradition -- Pt. 3. Historical Novels -- Ch. 9. The Trekking Boers: Land-Grabbing in Historical Literature -- Ch. 10. Tales of Conquest and Religious Conversion -- Conclusion: "Is This Going to Be a Democratic Society or Not?" -- Epilogue: The Anti-Apartheid Voices of Karen Press and Beverley Naidoo |
| Summary |
Donnarae MacCann and Yulisa Maddy here provide a thorough and provocative analysis of South African children's literature during the key decade around Nelson Mandela's release from prison |
| Analysis |
Literature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-141) and index |
| Subject |
Children's stories, South African (English) -- History and criticism.
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Children -- Books and reading -- South Africa.
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Apartheid in literature.
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Racism in literature.
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Race in literature.
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- In literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117004
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| Author |
Maddy, Yulisa Amadu, 1936-
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| LC no. |
2001019461 |
| ISBN |
0415936381 alkaline paper |
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